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james zabiela: balance 029'

balance music

2cd

Released:
16th Feb 2018

£14.99

A perfect fit for the series, zabiela’s unfeasibly intricate approach to DJing shines through on this sprawling two-parter, created through a back-and-forth process between his Pioneer DDJ-RZ and Ableton and featuring two exclusive new productions from the man himself.

Act 1 begins with gentle electronica like B12’s Untold that brings to mind Sasha & Digweed’s classic Northern Exposure series — a noted formative influence of Zabiela’s — building to the mesmerising piano crescendos of Grandbrothers’ Bloodflow. Act 2 more closely mirrors the experience of one of Zabiela's club sets, layered with the additional levels of detail that his meticulous approach and many hours of experimenting afforded him.